Two piece shoe heel



p 24, 1957 R. G. STEELE 2,807,101

TWO PIECE SHOE HEEL Filed Nov. 14, 1955 X 7'5- xng Richard 6. Steele Y Manv INVENTOR.)

United States Patent TWO PIECE SHOE HEEL Richard G. Steele, Somerton, Ohio Application November 14, 1955, Serial No. 546,486

1 Claim. (Cl. 36-36) The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in shoe heels and more particularly to a heel of two-piece construction to provide a replaceable heel segment.

An important object of invention is to provide a replaceable segment for shoe heels which may be easily and quickly removed and replaced when the portion of the shoe heel provide with the segment becomes worn.

In many instances the heel of a shoe will become worn irregularly and particularly at a portion of the rear edge of the heel. Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a replaceable segment at the portion of the shoe heel which is subjected to the greatest Wear so that the worn portion of the shoe heel may be easily and quickly replaced by a fresh segment without requiring replacement of the entire heel.

A further object of invention is to provide fastening means for the replaceable segment which may be easily and quickly secured in position and removed through the use of a conventional tool so that the shoe need not be taken to a shoe repair establishment for this purpose.

A still further object is to provide a device of this character of simple and practical construction, which is neat and attractive in appearance, relatively inexpensive to manufacture and otherwise well adapted for the purpose for which the same is intended.

These together with other objects and advantages which will become subsequently apparent reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the ac companying drawings forming a part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view;

Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1; and

Figure 3 is an enlarged perspective view of one of the replaceable heel segments.

Referring now to the drawing in detail wherein for the purpose of illustration I have disclosed a preferred embodiment of invention, the numeral 5 designates the permanent heel of a shoe to which a two-part shoe heel designated generally at 6 is secured by nails or other conventional type of fastening means 7. The two-part shoe heel 6 comprises a main part 8 and a replaceable segment 9.

A portion of the rear surface of the main portion 8 is rabbeted as shown at 10 and in the region where the ice greatest wear occurs to the shoe heel. The rabbeted portion includes a straight edge 11 formed with a kerf or undercut bevel 12 and a portion of the shoe heel which has been removed by the rabbeted portion 10 is replaced by a segment 9 which has a curved rear edge portion 14 corresponding to the arc of the rear edge of the shoe heel and the segment 9 also includes a straight edge portion 15 Which is beveled to conform to the kerf 12 of the straight edge portion 11 of the main part8 of the heel.

The two-part shoe heel 6 may be constructed of rubber, leather or other suitable material and a metal socket 16 is embedded in the surface of the rabbeted portion 10 and the socket is formed with a central opening 17 to receive a nail 18 having a head 19 of a diameter greater than that of the opening 17 so that when the nail is driven into the permanent heel 5 of the shoe the socket 16 will anchor the rear main portion 8 to permanent heel 5.

The socket 16 is internally threaded to receive a screw 20, preferably of a socket type head, and with the head 13 of the screw countersunk in the surface of the segment 9. The screw 20 engaging the socket 16 secures the segment 9 at the rabbeted portion 10 of the shoe heel so that when the segment 9 becomes worn the same may be easily and quickly replaced by removing the screw 20.

The foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the invention. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed as new is as follows:

A shoe heel comprising a main part mounted on the shoe and having a segmental rabbet therein including an undercut side wall, an externally flanged, internally threaded socket fixed in the rabbeted portion of said main part flush with'the opposite side thereof and having a central opening in its bottom, a headed nail engaged in the opening and driven into the shoe, a replaceable segment removably mounted in the rabbet and including a beveled edge engaged with said side wall thereof, and a headed, countersunk screw in said segment threaded into the socket and engaged with the head of the nail for securing said segment in the rabbet and for preventing said nail from backing out of said socket.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 634,998 Rumsey Oct. 17, 1899 1,366,518 Buchrnan Jan. 25, 1921 1,741,754 Bishop Dec. 31, 1929 1,805,738 Lee May 19, 1931 FOREIGN PATENTS 17,463 Great Britain Apr. 10, 1913 209,315 Great Britain Jan. 10, 1924 719,712 France Feb. 9, 1932 

